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Welcome MAC Students!

I would like to extend a special welcome to the incoming class of 2015,

and hope that you have all begun to settle into the program and embrace this

challenging and dynamic journey of personal and professional development.

In addition, I am thrilled to welcome my cohort and the third and fourth year

students back to the MAC program. As we continue to stretch our boundaries

and develop into competent mental health professionals, I hope that we

remember to the nurture our physical, mental and spiritual selves. The

message of self-care is a central part of this program, so I know that we are all

familiar with it. As we rise to the challenges of the program, particularly now

as the semester draws to a close and the academic demands intensify, this is a

gentle reminder to love and care for ourselves, much like we ask of our clients.

Warmly,

Monique Brown

Newsletter Editor

MAC Today

Journal of the Rollins College Graduate Studies in Counseling Program

Issue 09, Fall 2015

Inside This Issue

Welcome from the

Chair p. 2

Meet the Clinical

Practice and

Assessment

Coordinator p. 3

MAC Survival Tips

p. 4

Rollins Graduate

Studies in

Counseling

Applying for

Accreditation p. 5

Welcome Back Dr.

Rivera-Clonch p. 6

MAC Graduate

Assistants on

Campus p. 8

Faculty

Accomplishments

p.10

Events Calendar

p.13

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MAC Faculty and Staff

Dear MAC community,

I invite you to enjoy this latest edition of our program newsletter, MAC Today. We are already well into fall

semester and hopefully those of you who are new to the program are enjoying it and finding your places.

We welcome you!! To the returning students, what a joy to support your progress as you continue with

classes or have started your last year in internship! Please let us know how you are doing and how we can

best support your learning and growth. Pay visits to your faculty advisors for consultation about future

plans and to let them hear your updates. Above all, find fulfillment in the process :).

Warmly,

Dr. Kathryn Norsworthy

Professor and Chair

Welcome from the Chair

From left: Dr. Samuel Sanabria, Sandra Gaulin, Amber Taylor, Dr. Kyle Baldwin, Dr. Alicia Homrich, Dr. Derrick Paladino, Dr. Kathryn Norsworhy

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In This Issue

Special Interest Articles

Article title 1

Article title 2

Article title 3

Article title 4

Individual Highlights

Inside story 2

Inside story 3

Inside story 4

Inside story 5

MAC Developments

Meet the Clinical Practice and Assessment Coordinator

Dr. Kyle Baldwin graduated from the Rollins MAC program 2002. As a registered mental health counselor intern, and later a licensed mental health counselor, she gained experience in a variety of settings including agencies, schools, and private practice, but she always held an interest in teaching. Soon after becoming licensed, she pursued a doctorate in Counseling Psychology at Argosy University in Sarasota. She was offered an adjunct position here at Rollins in 2011 upon completion of her doctorate, and has taught here since.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Baldwin’s new position as Clinical Practice and Assessment Coordinator includes working with all placements for the Mental Health Pre-Practicum and Social Justice Pre-Practicum, as well as Practicum and Internship. She will also be coordinating the Master Therapist Series, Site Supervisors’ Workshop, and Student Clinical Orientations. In conjunction with the core faculty, she will assist in maintaining Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) policy statements and standards, and maintain accreditation standards of the field programs. This position combines all the aspects of the professions which she enjoys. In addition to her current responsibilities, she is excited about possibilities for the position in the future and improvements to student experiences, such as the inclusion of an orientation to the clinical components of the program and debriefing meetings after pre-practicum experiences.

The Mental Health Pre-Practicum and Social Justice Pre-Practicum were established several years ago and the responsibility for student placement was shared among the core faculty. Throughout the years, there was a desire to create another position, which would oversee this clinical component of the program. The position of Clinical Practice and Assessment Coordinator will provide students with a single point of contact for their clinical experiences, and provides more consistency across the board. For Dr. Baldwin, it has been an exciting journey. She has been able to dive right into individual and/or group meetings with students and she has become more engaged with the program. She is thankful for the support that she received from students so far.

Dr. Baldwin incorporates her passion for career counseling and helping students prepare for their careers as she works with students to find placements for their pre-practicum, practicum and internship experiences. As a master’s student, she had a limited perspective of her post-graduate plans, but she has had multiple beneficial opportunities that have led her to areas that she had not previously considered. She is always learning new things within the profession and exploring new opportunities, whether as a counselor, a supervisor, or as an educator. Her career focus, as well as her varied experiences in the field, help her as she works to enhance student prospects in their clinical placements. As a former student, she is able to relate to the program requirements for students. It is important to her that students feel like they are supported, and that someone understands the experience and responsibilities of being a graduate counseling student.

This position has personal importance to Dr. Baldwin. Attending this program at Rollins College was a significant turning point in her life as it provided a new foundation that launched her career shift. She had an excellent time at Rollins and, even after she graduated, would often come back and share her experiences, opportunities and certifications from her time at Rollins e.g., National Certified Counselor, Master Addictions Counselor, Sex Therapist, Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and Qualified Supervisor (MH).

It has been a personal goal to be a faculty member at Rollins, and she is excited that she was given this opportunity. Prior to this position, Dr. Baldwin was employed full time for the Florida Department of Education, working with school districts to help students with emotional and behavioral disabilities receive counseling and behavioral services. She took a risk deciding to leave her full time position and focus on teaching, private

practice, and providing clinical supervision to Registered Mental Health Counselor Interns. Her current position is a perfect blend of everything that she is interested in- teaching, student contact, mentoring, and supervision. Dr. Baldwin wants students to know that she cares. She takes an interest in the process of students’ clinical

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y experiences and she wants them to have beneficial experiences during their pre-practica and practicum/

internship placements.

Dr. Baldwin and Newsletter Editor Monique Brown

MAC Survival Tips (Courtesy of second and third year students)

Don’t worry about being overwhelmed, or doing everything perfectly. You will get through everything

you need to and more. Don’t doubt your own abilities, you’ll learn that you have more of them than you

could have previously imagined.

Be willing to change beyond the academic knowledge. You will grow and evolve into someone that you never knew you were capable of being. Engage in the process; the grades will follow.

Don’t hesitate to participate in the role platy activities. It’s a great way to receive individualized

counselor development, and work things out before practicum.

Notice that your story of becoming a counselor is unique, and it is also meaningfully similar to others

Self-care is individualized- take the time now to develop a practice of compassionate behavior towards

yourself. Rely on your support systems as well. Do not work during your internship.

Don’t wait until the last minute to write the topic paper for Foundations. Do not pull all-nighters. It

seems like a good idea at the time, but afterwards you feel like death. Start your pre- practicum early! It

doesn’t seem like much until you leave it until the last minute.

Get to know each other outside of class. See who has the same hobbies and likes what you like. It is very

relaxing to be able to do these things with people that are probably going through very similar things as

you. Sometimes we need to blow off steam and it’s wonderful to be able to do it together.

If I had known what I know now, I would have taken all of the admonitions about self-care a lot more

seriously. The work you do in this program is fulfilling, and can be transformative, but it is also

exhausting.

I wish I had known how much the program would make me aware of my baggage and things I need to

work on. It’s a journey of self-discovery and delving into things. It’s really hard at times, but awareness

is key to so much growth. It’s worth it.

In the thick of the semester is it difficult to process everything that you are learning, but during breaks,

take some time to thoughtfully reflect on the ways that you have changed and grown during the

semester.

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Rollins Graduate Studies in Counseling Applying for Accreditation

“What?,” you say! “The program is APPLYING for accreditation?! I thought we were already accredited!” YES, both are true. The Rollins program is currently accredited under the 2001 standards as a Mental Health Counseling Program by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the recognized training standard for counselors. Our program’s accreditation expires next summer, so we have to apply again for accreditation (it is not called “re-accreditation” according to CACREP). The CACREP standards are updated every several years and have been newly issued. The Rollins program will be applying for accreditation under the 2016 standards as a Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. See http://www.cacrep.org/ for more information. What is the process? In order to be accredited by CACREP, our program must first conduct a Self-Study. We are in that process of doing that right now. It is an intense self-evaluation and analysis of our program at many levels: College, departmental, student, and graduate, to mention a few. This self-study or self-assessment process alerts us to any discrepancies between the new standards and our program standards, allowing us time to bring everything into alignment. For example, you may have noticed the inclusion of CACREP evaluation points in your syllabi over the past few semesters. There is a lot going on behind the scenes led by Dr. Alicia Homrich, Rollins-CACREP liaison. Once we submit our self-study (in June, 2016), we will await the Initial Review by CACREP to determine whether there are any questions or standards that need to be addressed. Once that step is satisfied, CACREP will schedule a Site Visit to our campus. This consists of 2-4 trained site visit team members who will spend three days at Rollins meeting with various groups, such as campus administrators, site supervisors, students, adjunct faculty, alumni, etc. You might be one of them! It will be an exciting time and will likely occur in Fall 2016. The team will write a report and make recommendations to the CACREP Board regarding accreditation of our program. We will probably receive the final CACREP accreditation decision in the spring of 2017. The value of CACREP accreditation is that this designation: • Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the highest academic standards. • Enhances our program’s reputation and is consistent with our mission of excellence --Rollins was the first

program in Florida to receive CACREP accreditation in 1994! • Promotes counselor professional identity. • Is the recognized training standard for counselors by the Institute of Medicine and the Veteran’s

Administration, thus enhance practice opportunities for graduates. • Stipulates curricula content areas that are the required academic training for counselor licensure in most

states making CACREP-accreditation a pathway to portability of licenses across states (some state licensure boards are now proposing licensure only for individuals who graduate from a CACREP-accredited program).

• Stimulates self-review and self- directed improvement. • Benefits Rollins because of the highly qualified students that seek enrollment in CACREP programs. • Prepares graduates to perform better on the national counselor exams. • Streamlines the licensure application process for graduates.

- Contributed by Dr. A. Homrich

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Welcome Back Dr. Rivera-Clonch

Dr. Rivera-Clonch and Irene Santiago

To contextualize what I was up to this summer for you, allow me to share about the folks with whom I worked, played, and lived with for three months. We were 9 women and 9 men and we came from all over the globe and from a variety of professions in which we were mid-career:

Back Row (L - R) Templer—an editor for The Guardian in Nigeria; Mediatrix—a women’s voting rights worker in Kenya; Petra—a professional viola player from Switzerland; Jessica—a school police resource officer interested in restorative justice from Portland, OR; Chris—a police superintendent from Melbourne, Australia; Abani—a district judge in Kathmandu, Nepal; Moses—a human rights worker from Kenya; Mustafa—a cyber security and elections oversight worker from Afghanistan; Matt—a city planner working with on the urban slum problem from Australia; Akiko—a refugee advocate from Japan; Jerome—a Search for Common Ground staff member in Sri Lanka; Flori—Country Director for the Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan; Thirsa—a Dutch person working for a peace organization in Iraq Front Row (L - R) Me—a US professor, peace researcher, and mental health counselor; Dimitria—an African American working for the German government on policy; Jamil—a professor from Gaza University in Palestine; Jeanne—a US volunteer working in K-12 education teaching conflict resolution; Umar—a former Pakistani military commander and current UN Peacekeeper

“Empowered women do not feel guilty” rang Irene

Santiago, a fiery woman elder and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

from Mindanao, Philippines. She was standing in the middle of

our classroom at the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn

University in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first week of a

three month Peace and Conflict Resolution Fellowship I was

awarded in summer 2015. In her no-nonsense way, Irene

galvanized the tone for our summer: we would explore each

topic in the peace and conflict transformation field through a

gender lens, whether or not the guest faculty member included

this perspective themselves. Irene was a torch bearer, a tour-

de-force, for our group and gave us permission to bring up the

often obfuscated topic of gender when it comes to peace and

conflict transformation.

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As a supporting faculty member at Rollins, you may be wondering what this fellowship has to do with my background in mental health counseling. My passion for the peace field was sparked when I was a student in your Master’s program! I took the Multicultural Counseling course and it immediately shifted my stance in the world: I could no longer be impartial to what was happening around me, how I was myself walking in the world, and I knew I needed to ground my academic theorizing in the material world. Thus, I began working closely with Dr. Norsworthy and before long I was working alongside her and local collaborators in South and Southeast Asia. Over the past 13 years, I have been back and forth six times to engage in projects related to peace building, social justice, and mindful activism on issues of HIV/AIDS within a Buddhist context; gender capacity building; skills relating to feminist counseling, deep listening, peer counseling, and empowerment counseling; trauma experiences of Tibetan ex-political prisoners of war; conflict transformation skills for community leaders from ethno-politically charged areas; and examining helpful and harmful humanitarian behaviors across global south/north partnerships, etc.. Sparked by my international experiences, I chose a doctoral program that would support and expand my interest in liberation psychology, anti-psychological colonizing, intergroup relations, women’s leadership, and helping relationships. I also became interested in the topic of self-care for fellow professionals. All of this led to dissertation research which centered upon a psychological inquiry into non-violent social movements and symbolic representations of peace and this research agenda has carried me forward to the present day. So, when the opportunity to become a Peace Fellow appeared, I seized it and jumped through the arduous application process. What I found interesting in this experience are that the topics of self-care, trauma, and vicarious trauma came up constantly in this group of international scholar-practioners and our energy congealed around these topics. Most folks did not have much training in how to work with people who experienced severe trauma in their communities (protracted social conflict, land mines, etc.). Almost no one had training in how to deal with vicarious trauma—the trauma that a second party experiences as a result of witnessing or listening to another’s trauma. They were yearning for more culturally suitable information. Another hot topic was “how to say no” appropriately in one’s work and cultural context to avoid burnout as well as giving oneself permission to engage in guilt-free self-care practices. Now you may see where my mental health counseling background was not only useful, but important in our group dynamics and learning processes! If you are interested in the psychological experience of the fellowship and working internationally, I invite you to click on my Peace Fellow blog entry here. My professional background also includes working in private practice as an NCC, LMHC (FL), and LPCC (OH); as the Assistant Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Rollins; Director of the Women’s Center and Women’s Programs at Western Carolina University; and as the founding faculty member of the Psychology Program at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH. I currently serve as a volunteer for the NBCC Foundation in their Minority Fellowship Program and I am a former Board of Directors member for Hope Springs Institute, a 501(c)3 in Ohio focused on feminist education, responsible green living, and personal transformational work. I also co-host an annual writing retreat for faculty and graduate students called Writing In Depth, which is an amazing and rejuvenating experience for me each and every year. In the very little spare time that I have I love to travel, read autobiographies and literature classics, to take on the challenge of cooking flavorful gluten-free meals, and being the caretaker of an 8 year-old Boston Terrier named Molly. Why I love coming back to teach at Rollins is because this program—its structure, its content, its faculty, and my fellow cohort members—significantly changed the course of my life and catalyzed a move towards a rewarding career grounded in social justice advocacy at the local and international levels. I’m grateful for the opportunity to pay it forward. Thank you for welcoming me (back) to your program, I’m so happy to be here!

- Contributed by Dr. M. Rivera-Clonch

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Social Justice in the Community

MAC 2nd Year Graduate Assistants on Campus – Niki Inclan and Samantha Voehringer

Nicki Inclan Was there a class or a mentor that got you started on the path to social justice, or is it something that you always had an interest in? I didn’t realize I had an interest in it. What lead me to social justice was getting involved with the feminist group on campus. I didn’t join it with the idea that I’m a die-hard feminist, it was more like it made sense to me, I guess I’m a feminist, let me join this. That snowballed into getting more involved on campus. I loved my time at Rollins as an undergrad, but I really feel like my real education that is going to guide me the rest of my life came from my extra-curricular involvement that was based in social justice. Can you give me a brief overview of what you do as the Center for Inclusion and Campus Involvement Graduate Assistant? CICI is diversity work and student organizations under one department. As a GA, I work specifically with diversity. I help to plan and facilitate the social justice leadership retreats, plan and execute the heritage month celebrations, and I currently have a mentoring program which matches incoming students of marginalized backgrounds with mentors of the same backgrounds called Circle of Friends. I am also preparing for the follow-up program which is called Camp Alliance which will start in the fall. There are also little things that pop up that I work on as well. For example we had the pride parade in downtown Orlando about two weeks ago and one of my tasks was to be the staff member that went on the bus that we rented as a chaperone. So I just made sure that everybody signed waivers made and checked that whoever came with us left with us. So little fun things like that that fall in line with promoting diversity and social justice education. Why is your position important to the Rollins Community? Something that I think is special about CICI is that is that we try to do preventative work like education about language and terminology so that we can avoid issues down the road like an offensive incident, discrimination, or harassment, but we are also reactive when incidents do occur. In what ways has your work proved to be exciting or rewarding so far? I love it, it’s changed my career goals. Even though I swore I would never go into student affairs, it’s really rewarding, it does not feel like work. I love being in my office, I love talking to students. I am constantly learning and I like that my passion areas outside of work and my actual work bleed together. How do your responsibilities as a Graduate Assistant and Coordinator for the Lucy Cross Center relate to our course work? The coursework helps me figure out how to talk to students. Having the tools from classes to interview students and get them to talk about their lives and open up has helped a lot in building working relationships with them. It’s also helpful to sort of give suggestions and help them come to their own conclusions, rather than taking this

Hi Niki, tell me a little about yourself I got my B.A. in psychology from Rollins in 2013. During my time as an undergrad I held a work study position at both the Lucy Cross Center, and at what used to be called the Office of Multicultural Affairs. I was really involved in social justice on campus, I ran the feminist group on campus for about two and a half years, and I started a sex positive discussion group with my best friend. Since I was 18, I was very involved in social justice and it really shaped my career path and interest. Right now I am really torn between moving forward with counseling after I graduate or going into student affairs; both of these emphasize social justice. Going back a bit more, I am a first generation American, my parents are Cuban. I was born and raised in the Miami area, English is my second language, and I have a fifteen pound cat named Luna who likes Popeye’s chicken.

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stance of I think you should do this or this is wrong or this is good. That helps with interacting with the students a lot. And then the multicultural class just expands on my passion areas. Having the theories to back up my beliefs, understanding racial development identity models, thinking about how to change environments, how to make change and understand the people that I am trying to create change with, that’s been really helpful also. What is one thing that you want students to know about you? That I value equity and justice. The wellbeing of all people is really important to me and I enjoy learning how my peers plan to promote wellbeing of others, too.

Samantha Voehringer semester, sometimes weekly. Whenever students from the Holt School get academic warnings, I reach out to those students because my position is in Disabilities Services, but it is also considered a Holt position as well. How does your position impact the Rollins community? This position is important because it supports what our office does which is to provide an environment for students to receive accommodations and feel comfortable with them. It is important for the employees who are in this position to make the students feel comfortable, because they are already possibly feeling stigmatized. We provide a service that creates equal access for students who need it. For the Organizational Consultant position, sometimes students just need someone to talk to about how hard classes are and I tell them it’s normal, so that’s helpful as well. I also connect students with resources on campus that would benefit them. Have you found that your coursework applicable to your responsibilities? Skills class helps with both one-on-one meetings and my customer service approach. Students often come in with a range of emotions and I use my communication skills to assess the situation, and figure out what I can do and then help them. The social justice aspect of multicultural class also applies to my work. We try to ascribe to the social model versus the medical model in regards to disabilities. Although this office is for students with disabilities, our focus is on accessibility and providing equal access for students. We aim to be all encompassing, so our services are for people with physical disabilities, and mental and cognitive disabilities as well. In what ways has your work proved to be exiting or rewarding so far Usually when students express how grateful they are to be receiving the services from this office and that it’s helping them, when students are thriving because they are able to get accommodations. Also the positive feedback that I get from supervisors here. They really emphasize how this office wouldn’t run as well without me and without the other student workers. What is one thing that you want students to know about you? I want students to know that I am approachable and I am passionate about making a difference in someone’s life. So if I could just listen to someone for a little bit and provide feedback I’d like to be that person. If they want to speak with someone about organization or anything related to it, or they just need someone to vent to about school, I would love to help. Just work with me on scheduling something. Any final words? If you need our services, don’t be stopped by fear of being labelled. We help a lot of students, but I am sure that there are more who do not come in. I encourage students to access the accommodations that can benefit them.

Share a little about yourself Sam I am 23 years old. I moved here about six years ago for my undergraduate studies at UCF. I am originally from Boynton Beach, but I really love this area so I plan on staying here. I am hoping to work with adolescents because my age and personality would help me to connect with that demographic. What does your position as Graduate Assistant to the Office of Disabilities Service entail? My title is Note-taking and Organizational Consultant Graduate Assistant. Note-taking is one of the most used accommodations that we have next to test taking. Whenever there is a student who needs a note-taker, I process all the paperwork, train their note-taker, make sure notes are uploaded and that note-takers are doing their job. As an Organizational Consultant, I meet with students who need to talk to someone about time management, study skills, and things of that sort. I do one-on-one meetings, sometimes once for the

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Faculty Accomplishments

Publications Homrich, A. M., DeLorenzi, L. D., Bloom, Z. D., & Godbee, B. (2014). Making the Case for Standards of Conduct in Clinical Training. Counselor Education and Supervision. Co-Chairs/Authors: Kenney, K. R., & Kenney, M. E.; Taskforce Members/Authors: Alvarado, S. B., Baden, A. L., Brew, L., Chen-Hayes, S., Crippen, C., Harris, H. L., Henriksen, Jr., R., Malott, K, Paladino, D. A, Pope, M. L., Salazar, C. F., & Singh, A. A.* (2015). Competencies for counseling the multiracial population. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/competencies/competencies-for-counseling-the-multiracial-population-2-2-15-final.pdf?sfvrsn=6 Norsworthy, K.L. & Khuankaew, O. with Michelle Rivera-Clonch (2014). Models of trauma in the Global South and the Global North. Oppositional Conversations:After catastrophe.http://cargocollective.com/OppositionalConversations_Iii/Models-of-Trauma-in-the-Global-South-and-Global-North Sanabria, S. & Suprina, J. (2014). Spirituality Counseling with Gay Men. In Kocet, M. (Ed) Counseling Gay Men. ACA: Alexandria, VA. Sanabria, S. (2014). Counseling Sexual Minority Men. In Englar-Carlson, M. (Ed) A Counselor’s Guide to Counseling Men. ACA: Alexandria, VA Tillmann, L. M. & Norsworthy, K.L. (2015). In solidarity: Collaborations in LGBTQ+ activism. InIn solidarity: Friendship, family, and activism beyond gay and straight. New York: Routledge. Wynn, R. D., Filmore, J. M., Filmore, & Paladino, D. A. (2014). Cultural Considerations: Helping Gay Men, Teens, and Boys Integrate a Racial and Sexual Identity. In M. M. Kocet (Ed) Counseling Gay Men, Adolescents, & Boys: A Strengths-Based Resource Guide for Helping Professionals and Educators. New York, NY: Routledge

Presentations/ Workshops Norsworthy, K.L. (2015, July). Crisis intervention with Thai survivors of domestic violence. Three-day workshop for health care, mental health, justice, and non-governmental professionals around Thailand to support capacity-building for national One Stop Crisis Center project. Sponsored by Thailand Women’s Wellbeing and Gender Justice Project and Thailand National Health Promotions. Bangkok, Thailand. National conferences

Norsworthy, K.L (2015, March). Calling in and calling out: Intentional relational practices in restorative and social justice work (Co-presenter; four-hour workshop). Association for Women in Psychology national convention. San Francisco, CA.

Dr. Norsworthy during a workshop in Thailand

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Norsworthy, K.L (2015, August). Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the UN World Conference on Women’s Empowerment, Development and Peace in Beijing, China: Contributions of Feminist Psychologists (Presentation on progress in the area of violence against women). American Psychological Association national convention. Toronto, Canada. Norsworthy, K.L (2015, January). Wherever you go, there you are: On being fully alive in 2015. Presenter. Central Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, Orlando, Florida. Norsworthy, K.L (2014, September). Understanding LGBTQ+ Youth Part 2. Presenter, One-day workshop for educators, mental health professionals, juvenile justice workers, and child welfare workers in central Florida. Families and Children Together Seminole County. Sanford, Florida. Kocet, M. & Sanabria, S. (2015). Bibliotherapy with children. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Philadelphia, PA. Kocet, M. & Sanabria, S. (2014). LGBTBioblitherapy for children and parents. Lecture presented at AGLBTIC Annual Conference, New Orleans,LA. Paladino, D. A., & Gonzalez, L. M. (2015, October). Exploring the contemporary college student: Strategies for teaching and preparing graduate students for clinical internship and work in college and university counseling settings. Association of Counselor Education and Supervision National Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Paladino, D. & Sanabria, S. (2015 February). Multiracial Counseling Primer: Exploring the history, experiences, identity development, and best practices with biracial and multiracial individuals. Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change, Savanah GA. Paladino, D. A., & Sanabria, S. (2014, February). The Social Justice Pre-Practicum Experience: Promoting Advocacy in Counselor Training. Cross-Cultural Counseling and Education Conference for Research, Action, and Change, Savanah GA. Sanabria, S., & Paladino, D. A. (2014, October). Social Justice Education: A Call for Action. Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision, Birmingham, AL Sanabria, S. & Puig, A. (2014). Addressing same-sex parenting concerns in Counseling. Lecture presented at AGLBTIC Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Awards and Recognition Homrich, A. 2014 American Counseling Association Outstanding Journal Article for Making the Case for Standards of Conduct in Clinical Training. (along with Dr. Leigh DeLorenzi, Zachary Bloom ('13) and Brandi Godbee ('14) 2014 Central Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy -Distinguished Service to the Profession. Norsworthy, K.L. 2014 Voice for Equality Award. Equality Florida (Florida statewide organization for LGBTQ+ civil rights). November 2014. 2015 Florence Denmark Mentoring Award, Association for Women in Psychology. National conference, March 2015, San Francisco

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Outstanding Achievements of MAC Faculty and Students

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The Outlook Clinic celebrated 5 years of providing a lifesaving Mental Health Clinic for Orange County and

awarded Rollins College a certificate of appreciation as a founding partner. Accepting the award on behalf of

the Graduate Studies in Counseling Program were Dr. Baldwin, Clinical Practice Coordinator (c), and graduate

student interns Amanda Iannotti (l) and Sarah Sockol (r).

Dr. Michelle Rivera-Clonch

appeared in the featured

volunteer section of the NBCC

October 2015 newsletter.

Read more here

Dr. Valorie Thomas was

featured in the cover story,

Dealing with the Losses of

Miscarriage and Infertility, in

the October 2015 issue of

Counseling Today

Rollins intern Jillian Blueford

is the winner of the 2016

FMHCA Conference

Scholarship. See the FMHCA

newsletter at

http://www.flmhca.org/

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Events Calendar

November

5 CFAMFT meeting at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park Alicia Homrich, Ph.D., NCC, LPY, LMFT

will present on Keeping Your License: Legal and Ethical Practice

20 MHCCF meeting at All Saints Church, Registration starts at 8:30 am. Brenda S. Faiber, MS, LMFT will

present on Imago/Couples Therapy

December

3 CFAMFT Holiday Breakfast at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park 125 North Interlachen Avenue,

Winter Park, FL 3278

4 FMHCA webinar: Counseling & Advocacy for Individuals with Disabilities from 2-4PM. Attendance is FREE

to FMHCA members. Visit http://www.flmhca.org/

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January

7 CFAMFT meeting at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park 9:00 to 10:30 am.

15 MHCCF meeting at All Saints Church FL. Registration starts at 8:30 am.

19 Classes begin

February

4 CFAMFT meeting at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park 9:00 to 10:30 am

4 - 6 Florida Mental Health Counselor Association 2016 Annual Conference; Lake Mary, FL. Information and

Registration at http://www.flmhca.org/ and click on Conference.

5 – 7 Healing Together – AN Educational and Support Conference on D.I.D., Wyndham Lake Buena Vista

Resort Orlando, FL 2016. More information at http://www.aninfinitemind.com/healing-together.html

5 - 6 8th Annual UCF Counseling Conference: Counseling Across Borders: Meeting Multiple Needs. Keynote

Speaker, Dr. Courtland Lee. For more information visit

http://education.ucf.edu/counselored/conference.cfm

19 MHCCF meeting at All Saints Church, 338 E Lyman Ave, Winter Park, FL. Registration starts at 8:30 am.

29 -Spring Break starts

March

6 Spring Break ends

3 CFAMFT meeting at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park 9:00 to 10:30 am

18 MHCCF meeting at All Saints Church FL. Registration starts at 8:30 am

25 Last day to withdraw without academic penalty: April

April

7 CFAMFT meeting at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park 9:00 to 10:30 am.

15 MHCCF meeting at All Saints Church FL. Registration starts at 8:30 am

May

2 Classes end

5 CFAMFT meeting at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park 9:00 to 10:30 am

7 Commencement

20 MHCCF meeting at All Saints Church FL. Registration starts at 8:30 am